- Bird In Time 1940-1947 · 2008
- Big Band Sound - the Platinum Collection · 1954
- Jim and Jay's Christmas · 1992
- Vine Street Boogie · 1974
- Just a Lucky So and So · 1983
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- The Last of the Blue Devils · 1978
- Black Legends of Jazz · 1954
- Radio Days 4 · 1992
- Best of Friends · 2008
Compilations
- 2021
- 2008
Appears On
- Ben Sidran
- Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band
About Jay McShann
Jay McShann's animated piano style, a kin of Fats Waller's ever-mischievous ivory-tickling, made him one of the leading lights of the burgeoning Kansas City swing scene. He arrived in the mid-1930s, playing beside Charlie Parker in Buster Smith's band. By 1941, McShann was leading the city’s top band, one which included singer Walter Brown, and a dynamic saxophone section led by the fast-developing and revolutionary talent of Parker. Following the war, McShann moved to the west coast, where he discovered young singer Jimmy Witherspoon. After a quiet couple of decades, McShann re-emerged in the 1970s, continuing to record vivacious records at a heady clip well into his 80s.
- HOMETOWN
- Muskogee, OK, United States
- BORN
- January 12, 1916
- GENRE
- Jazz